Last week we were off for Thanksgiving. The week before we were staying in Manhattan and attempted a remote broadcast from there, which failed miserably.

In light of these sad facts I am so looking forward to today's show that I can hardly contain myself. Even though the main broadcast MacBook just required Recovery Disk-level maintenance!

Today's 480 Minutes show (every Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time) will debut new songs by Bad//Dreems (Adelaide, South Australia), The Growlers (Costa Mesa, CA),The KickDrums (Brooklyn, NY), Pampers (New York, NY), Regurgitator (Australia), Robert Pollard (Dayton, OH), Roman Remains (London, England), Static Jacks (Westfield, New Jersey), Tei Shi (Brooklyn, NY via Vancouver, Canada and Bogotá, Colombia), Tough Age (Vancouver, Canada), & Vök (Reykjavík, Iceland).

Today's 480 Minutes show (every Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time) will debut new songs by Aloa Input(Bavaria), Audacity (Fullerton, CA), Black Books (Austin, TX), Chris Garneau (Boston, MA), Diego Garcia (New York, NY), Dream Shake (Virginia Beach, VA), Ghost Dance (Springfield, MO), Los Campesinos (Cardiff, Wales), Phantogram (Saratoga Springs, NY), Popstrangers (London via Auckland), Reputante (New York, NY), and Sat. Nite Duets (Milwaukee, WI).

Today's 480 Minutes show (every Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time) will debut new songs by Arcade Fire (Montreal, Canada). The Black Hollies (Jersey City, NJ), Cults (New York, NY), Ducktails (New Jersey), Eula (Brooklyn, NY and not new but new to us), Gesaffelstein (Paris, France), Gross Ghost (Raleigh, NC), House of Blondes (Brooklyn, NY), King Krule (London, England), Moonface (Montreal, Canada), & Wooden Shjips (San Francisco, CA).